Psychiatric medications, science, marketing, psychiatry in general, and occasionally clinical psychology. Questioning the role of key opinion leaders and the use of "science" to promote commercial ends rather than the needs of people with mental health concerns.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Jim Edwards of Brandweek NRX called it. Peter Rost has talked about it for years. Pfizer pushed their human growth hormone product, Genotropin off-label, and has now settled a lawsuit for the sum of about $35 million. Big props to Rost for his excellent whistleblowing on this issue. I expect he'll have celebratory T-shirts and coffee mugs released by the end of the week!

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I'm an academic with a respectable amount of clinical experience and no drug industry funding. Given my lack of time, don't expect multiple daily updates. Certain things about clinical psychology, the drug industry, psychiatry, and academics drive me nuts, and you'll probably pick up on these pet peeves before long...